Pharmacology and P Guide - Resources and Review

Newsletter providing a brief, referenced peer
reviewed source of continuing medication information specifically related to children. The major focus of the material is the initiation and monitoring of medications in the primary care setting.
 
Quarterly bulletin for UK doctors and pharmacists to alert them to problems with medicines, and to provide advice on the way medicines may be used more safely.
 
The British Pharmacological Society is the professional association for pharmacologists in the UK, and aims to promote and advance pharmocology, including clinical pharmocology.
 
Provides access to the Excerpta Medica database, renowned for its international coverage of drug related research literature. EMBASE covers all aspects of human medicine and related biomedical research, including comprehensive information on drugs and toxicology, clinical medicine, biotechnology and bioengineering, health affairs, psychiatry and forensic medicine. BIDS EMBASE includes more than five million records, with data from 3500 biomedical journals published in 110 countries, dating back to 1980. Subscription required.
 
Provides informative articles on disease and disease management issues, free molecular modelling software, an online pharmacology guide, healthcare bookmarks, contact details, and news.
 
News, journals and information for researchers, practitioners and parents.
 
Database of drug information searchable by keyword or by selecting a diagnosis, pathogen, or antibiotic from lists provided. Material returned covers diagnostic criteria, treatment regimens, clinical relevance, sites of infection, dosage levels, and adverse reactions. Free registration is required.
 
This service provides networked access to the BIOSIS Previews database, which is the electronic version of Biological Abstracts, the largest printed reference publication for life sciences research information, and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings), the companion printed reference to books, meetings, and research reviews. Thousands of life science journals, as well as international meetings and books from more than 90 countries, are monitored for inclusion in BIOSIS Previews. The database contains bibliographic information from 1985 onwards for traditional areas of biology such as botany, zoology, and microbiology, as well as related fields such as agriculture, pharmacology, biophysics, ecology, bioengineering, and experimental clinical medicine. Subscription required.
 
Bibliographic information and short extracts from over 350 books, dissertations and journals on the topic of entheogens
psychoactive plants and chemicals used in a religious context. Excerpts are chosen to present a diversity of ideas and commentaries about entheogens. Includes a title and author index, and a subject index which allows searching of the full text of all entries.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of nursing.
 
Established in 1989 under its former name Current Patents Ltd, the company soon expanded from producing innovative patent alerting and evaluating products for RandD departments, to developing a complete competitor intelligence service, the Investigational Drugs database (IDdb), as the single solution for corporate
wide competitor intelligence.
 
Database of drug information, searchable by brand or generic names, symptoms or side effects.
 
A collection of over 70 journals covering topics including botany, physiology, psychiatry, chemistry, pharmacology, genetics, microbiology and neuroscience. Tables of contents and abstracts from current and recent issues are freely available online, with full text available to subscribers. Archives of many titles are also available.
 
Bibliography of resources on the behavioural and neuropharmacological effects of drugs.
 
Set of links to journals relevant to pharmacology and toxicology. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text.
 
An organisation which promotes public health by establishing and disseminating officially recognised standards of authoritative information for the use of medicines. Includes information on standards development for drugs and dosage, medication errors and drug quality reports, and a searchable and browsable database of descriptions, precautions, and side effects of over 750 generic drugs.
 
Daily news on diseases, treatments, drugs and diet.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of pharmacy.
 
European mirror of an index of biotechnology resources. Includes biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, genetic engineering, medical device development, and related fields such as pharmacology and toxicology.
 
Set of articles about the effects of marijuana (cannabis), covering key issues, the latest findings from the Netherlands (where possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal) and the key claims frequently made by the US National Institute on Drug Abuse.
 
Trial access to full text articles and abstracts from March 1997 onwards, and abstracts from September 1975 to June 1996 issues.
 
Answers to several questions about marijuana use. Explains what marijuana is, how it is used, how long it stays in the body, effects and impact on the brain, the likelihood that it will lead to the use of other drugs, its affect on driving, medicinal properties, and the perceived possibility of addiction.
 
Links to institutes and university departments of pharmacology.
 
Peer reviewed general interest neuroscience electronic journal for all aspects of neuroscience, including basic and clinical neurobiology. Includes sections on anatomy, psychiatry, pharmacology, molecular biology, and physiology.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to pharmacology.
 
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